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HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q You have done work before on public engagement. What would need to be changed to respect the outcomes of the public engagement that has gone on so far? Professor Hartley: We…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q What would be needed in the Bill to safeguard against the issues that you have just raised? Penny Hawkins: Well, I was listening to the representations this morning and I can…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q That is fine. I am certainly not laying it on you; it is down to us to come up with the answer to that one. Ross Houston: Yes, but my practical point would be—this is the way we…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Good afternoon to both of you. Professor Hartley, in your previous answer, you said there was essentially nothing in this Bill to promote the public good. What would need to be…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Basically, I can absolutely see the benefits, but I can also see risks, and it is the risk side that I am worried about. What I am asking you is whether you can see anything in…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you for joining us this afternoon, Mr Houston. Aquaculture is slightly different—I assume you are talking about the farmed sector—as there is always the issue of escape…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q You may or may not have heard the evidence from our previous witness from the Agricultural Industries Confederation, who expressed concern—pretty much using the language that…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Perhaps I could return to Dr Edenborough now. You may well have heard some of the discussions about the definitions at the start of the Bill, and there clearly are different…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q In your earlier answer to the Minister, you—I think rightly—pointed out that this Bill does not add anything in terms of intellectual property rights. In the absence of the Bill…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Welcome to all of you, particularly the representative from NIAB. I have three quick questions, if we could rattle through them with each of you. First, you will all recall the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Q Could you say a little more about that final point—the potential benefits that you would see coming from something like that authority? Dr Campbell: I am sure you heard in the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Q Dr Campbell, may I ask you about the potential future risks, the extent to which we know or do not know the impact on animals, and how we might monitor or check that in the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Not in yours, but possibly in others who are less public spirited. Nigel Moore: I think the critical answer to the question is that public confidence and reassurance is at the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q So you are saying it depends on the FSA’s approvals process. What would need to be in this Bill to give the levels of reassurance that you would be looking for? Ed Barker: In…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)I am conscious of time, Ms McVey, so I will come back to Peter if I have time.30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q One final question for the moment: to the lay observer, these flows backwards and forwards between different countries and within the UK are quite staggering. I may be…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you. Dr Mills, I have already said that I have been very influenced in my thinking by your larger reports and the evidence to the Committee. Very briefly, what are the key…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q But that is not in the Bill as it stands, is it? Professor Harwood: It is not, but I think that would probably fall under part 3, which looks at food safety. I imagine that it…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Q Finally, do you see anything in the Bill as it is currently drafted that allows that to happen? Dr Campbell: No. As I understand the Bill, at the moment there is within the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Good afternoon and welcome. I do not know how much of a chance you have had to look at the details of the Bill, but it proposes a notification system and a public register. How…30 Jun 2022